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Volume 27   •   Number 5  •  May 2024

Colonoscopy Is a Highly Effective Screening Test, but Should You Get One After Age 75?

Nobody wants to think about, much less undergo, colorectal cancer screening, especially if it involves having a colonoscopy. But it’s definitely worth keeping up with routine colonoscopies, says Mount Sinai gastroenterologist Brijen J. Shah, MD. “Colonoscopy is considered the gold-standard screening test for colorectal cancer, since it checks the entire …


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